Steam 2-8-0 #40 Dumps Ash

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Every night, before #40 strolls back into the engine house, the crew uses water from the injector to clean the ash out of the pan. They then shake the fire down to remove most of the dead ash but not all of it, to prevent cold air from entering the firebox.

Trainiac Productions wishes to thank Engineer Mark and his crew for their hard work and dedication. Without their support, this video and the incredible experience that came with it would not have been at all possible.

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[Trainfanatic192]

Didn't #40 work on the White Pass & Yukon during 2000 and 2001?

[TrainiacProductions]

Hmmm. Not that I know of! #40's been in PA for a LONG time!

Jim

[Trainfanatic192]

Ok. I have a White Pass documentary that says there was a #40 2-8-0 that worked there, so I was wondering if this was it.

[TrainiacProductions]

I may be wrong -- I'm just giving you an educated guess.

Jim

[FlyBikes089]

Cleaning up and old coals too? Awesome video Jim!

I've see this steam with dump ash! That so awesome man!

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[TrainiacProductions]

Thanks David!

And cool! Thanks again man!

Jim

[LtHawk77]

@Trainfanatic192

That's a different #40 which is in the Golden RailRoad Museum In Colorado. Shes a Beauty

[Trainfanatic192]

@Chris9017 I know, when I made those comments I was a complete idiot, I could hardly tell the difference between an NKP berk and 3751 at the time (no joke)

[Chris9017]

@Trainfanatic192 That number #40 was a narrow gauge outside frame locomotive, this is a normal frame standard gauge #40. There are surprisingly a lot of operating 2-8-0s in America that bare the number 40.

[InsensitiveCrayon]

You've all heard that steam locomotives are as close as mankind has come to creating a personified metal object, well this is such a device completing the cycle, by taking a dump.

[12m41l]

omg at the start it looks like the train is shiting xD

[Trainfanatic192]

You were right, the one on the White Pass was from the Georgetown Loop. The #40 here is identical, I mean 99% identical, to the one that was on the White Pass, but they're different guages. (How'd I miss that!)